The album's title Everything She Was represents one big good and bad relationship. "Like other people, I've had a whole bunch of those," says Hoge. "I like to write songs about love and all the good and bad stuff that comes with it." Nowhere is that more evident than in both "Stay Away" and "Space." "'Stay Away' really was never a song I intended to be on the album. It was just something I was working on with a few friends," recalls Hoge. "I was with this girl at the time and we were constantly breaking up and getting back together. It was like she just kept showing up after we would call things off. I just wanted her to stay away." It wasn't a bad break-up that drove Josh to the studio to record the blues-inspired single "Space," a duet with actress/singer Caitlin Crosby. Walking through Nashville late one night Josh had overheard someone on their cell phone say "there's a whole lot of space in the house without you around." The words resonated with Josh and he immediately took the idea to Nashville singer/songwriter Dave Barnes. "I thought it was a great idea for a song," says Hoge. "It turned out that my producer, Marshall Altman, already knew her. She just had this unbelievable singing voice. There was a lot of hurt and pain you could feel from her when she sang and I thought she would be perfect to be part of this song with us." Everything She Was is a place of new beginnings for Josh Hoge. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons